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Know Your Supply Chain KPIs – Procurement

Logistics Bureau

On this blog and the one published by our sister company Logistics Bureau, we often receive questions relating to metrics suitable for monitoring procurement performance. To answer some of those inquiries, we decided to release the following brief overview of what we believe to be the most helpful procurement KPIs.

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Four Ways of Using Cluster Analysis in Retail Management to Improve Sales

Logistics Viewpoints

For companies that want to go beyond the traditional spreadsheet, which cannot handle this ocean of information efficiently, statistical methods such as cluster analysis can help. What is Cluster Analysis? Cluster analysis is a statistical umbrella term for methods that classify data points according to their attributes.

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Using Predictive Analytics For Better Supply Chain Resilience

Blue Grace Logistics

We explore how predictive analytics and big data with human sentiments can add value and amplify their supply chain strategies. What this blog is about: Leveraging predictive analytics for forecasting and visibility. Having random data is meaningless without insightful analytics.

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Improving Supply Chain Visibility: The Impact of Data Strategy

3PL Links

Improving Supply Chain Visibility: The Impact of Data Strategy | Image source: Pixabay A business-contextualized data approach is crucial for boosting supply chain visibility, especially during downturns. It is important to answer the following questions: What is the goal of developing a data strategy? What are the expected insights?

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Schneider Electric’s Works with EcoVadis to Drive Supplier Emissions Engagment

Logistics Viewpoints

Suppliers are facing increasing pressure from the buyers of their goods and services to report their environmental, social, and governance data. Increasingly, companies will take sustainability criteria into account in their purchasing decisions. The data, which is reported on the EcoVadis platform, highlights the supplier’s emissions.

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Maximize Ecommerce Supplier Relationships

Ship Monk

The fact is, most business owners think of procurement as nothing more than a transactional relationship. Of course, it wouldn’t be a business strategy if there weren’t a couple more acronyms to learn. SRM is more than a one-and-done analysis. Establish KPIs that hold both your suppliers and your procurement team accountable.

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Analysis on 2021 Container Shipping Delays

ShipLilly

The coming months are going to be a real test of the shipping industry in terms of how it can manage capacity and coordinate to meet the needs of customers. Chinese factories are facing challenges of meeting excessive orders that are way beyond their current capacity. The statistics are startling.

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